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Wiz passes on Google, Meta pushes open-source AI ahead, Spotify's earnings, and more! | E1984

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Building Enduring Value and Hitting Incremental Gains with Benchmark's Sarah Tavel | E1983

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US space innovation, defense tech challenges, and more with True Anomaly's Even Rogers | E1982

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Top 5 VC funds raise big $, venture capital DPI is back, and Sequoia's offer to LP's | E1981

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Google weighs $23B for Wiz, startups in a second Trump admin, and Sequoia's Stripe sale | E1980

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Five levels of AI, venture's recovery & the hottest construction startups | E1979

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Anand Nandakumar on the future of remote driving and ride services | E1978

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GPU clusters, venture trends, and the robotics startups we're most excited about | E1977

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AI Demos: Sunny's Back with Luma Labs, Kling, Claude Sonnet & Getting AI Native | E1976

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Logan Allin and Neil Datta on which startups AI puts at risk, tech regulation, and H-1B reform | E1975

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The MEI vs DEI debate, tech press, Chime buys Salt Labs, and more! | E1974

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Sequoia & the Hewlett Foundation on VCs NOT raising funds, Cisco's $1B AI fund, and more! | E1973

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TWIST NEWS: AI Music, Circle's IPO, TWIST500 and more! | E1972

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Immigration, The Trump Interview, Air Taxis in the Bay Area and the Future of Remote Work | E1971

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Start-Up Nation Deep Dive with Dan Senor | E1970

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From the future of flight to brand building, insight from Liquidity Summit 2024 | E1969

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Nvidia tops Microsoft, FTC sues Adobe, weight loss startups, and more! | E1968

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Woke Google Maps, how Wells Fargo is losing money on fintech, and the global AI race | E1967

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Lessons in Unreasonable Hospitality with Will Guidara | E1966

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Inflation cools, how Waymo handled a crash, and the next startups to go public | E1965

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Apple's WWDC 2024: Reactions, Highlights & Breakdowns with Jason and Alex | E1964

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The state of seed, the first TWIST500 startups, and the impact of anonymous apps on society | E1963

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Great Builders & Success First with Intercom's Eoghan McCabe | E1962

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Rising Above the Noise in Consumer VC with Kirsten Green of Forerunner | E1961

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Texas energy grid challenges and solutions with Base Power's Justin Lopas | E1960

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Steve Jurvetson and The Metals Company on Ocean mining, EV market growth, and AI's tech impact | E1959

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Mastering Venture Capital and Founder Strategies with Rory O'Driscoll and Mark Suster

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TWIST News: xAI's massive $6B raise, the startups building our drone future & TWIST500 | E1957

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AI investments, VC ecosystem geography, and VC hypocrisy | E1956

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Glue: The New Slack Killer with David Sacks and Evan Owen | E1955

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$NVDA's earnings, media economics in the AI era, Farcaster's mega crypto round, and more! | E1954

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OpenAI drama, billion-dollar exits, and founder salaries with new co-host Alex Wilhelm | E1953

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Crypto, the Midas List, and democratizing VC with Delian Asparouhov and Mel Williams | E1952

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Pioneering physical AI with Archetype AI's Ivan Poupyrev | E1951

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AI Demos: Big Drops This Week from OpenAI & Google | E1950

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Bridging education and business with The OC's Dr. Justin Terry | E1949

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Max Altman & Ben Braverman chart Saga VC's maiden voyage with Mark Suster | E1948

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AI Robots with Purpose with Jake Loosararian of Gecko Robotics | E1947

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Today's Space Tech Boom with Apex's Ian Cinnamon and Mark Suster | E1946

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Bridging academia and job market realities with Extern's Matt Wilkerson | E1945

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LIQUIDITY: Major challenger to OpenAI, xAI, closing on $6B in funding | E1944

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Decoding Customer Insights, Trust, and the Jobs-to-be-Done Framework with Bob Moesta | E1943

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Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1942

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AI Demos: Llama 3 Innovations, vibecheck, Globe Engineer, Wisdolia and Tesla's FSD | E1941

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How AI and remote work is coming for your job | E1940

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PodcastAI: Edward Brawer is here to be your podcast's arms dealer! | E1939

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The power of super communication with Charles Duhigg | E1938

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Ask Jason LIVE!: Navigating startup growth with Real-Time Q&A | E1937

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AI Demos and News: Llama 3, Marblism, Lumona & AI Jet-Fighter Dogfights | E1936

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AI Demos: Meta AI Ups it's Game with Llama 3 | E1935

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Redpoint Ventures and Stepstone Group on VC Deployment, M&A, and Google's AI Strategy | E1934

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Destiny (D/XYZ) and the Buzz Around Public Access to Private Companies | E1933

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Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of three founders | E1932

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Udio AI's Music Magic, Aqua's Unique Dictation, Copyright Laws & the 1000x Potential of AI | E1931

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Tomasz Tunguz and David Clark on how to invest in AI and Q1 2024 startup valuations | E1930

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The Alef Model A and the future of flying cars with Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny | E1929

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Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on liquid neural networks, AI advancement, the race to AGI & more! | E1928

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Apurva Mehta and Jack Altman on Sam Altman, CalPERS, and Liquidation Preferences | E1927

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Growth Hacks for Startups from Elliot Shmukler of InstaCart, LinkedIn and now Anomalo | E1926

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CoreWeave's Brannin McBee on the future of AI infrastructure, GPU economics, & data centers | E1925

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The state of modern answer engines, AI demos, and more! | E1924

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Dave Mcclure & Jordan Stein on YC, "Spray and Pray", and Games VCs Play | E1923

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Empathic AI and its role in understanding human emotions with Hume AI's Alan Cowen | E1922

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Ask Jason LIVE!: Unpacking Startup Strategies with Real-Time Q&A | E1921

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AI Demos: Gatekeep, Deepgram, Claude 3 Haiku and more! | E1920

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Kleiner Perkins and Penn's Endowment on India, loss ratios, and the rise of secondaries | E1919

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Microsoft consumes Inflection and AI Demos from Suno, Cohere, Deepseek VL and more! | E1918

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Optimizing fund structure, GP market fit, & more with Screendoor's Jamie Rhode | Episode 1917

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The future of enterprise search and AI-powered work productivity with Glean's Arvind Jain | E1916

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Figure's AI Robot, AI News, Cognition's Devin, and the biggest AI bet yet! | E1915

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2024 VC trends, portfolio construction, & more with Churchill's Raja Doddala | E1914

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Melengo's Justin Kwong on the future of end-to-end clothing manufacturing | E1913

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AI Demos: Claude 3's Opus, Mistral, Groq Playground, EMO by Ali Baba | E1912

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Uber's leadership lessons, AI's disruption, and the power of solo founders with Josh Mohrer | E1911

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Robotic kitchens, restaurant tech, and fast-casual's future with Sweetgreen's Jonathan Neman | E1910

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Business Breakdowns: Moneyball's first-principles, paradigm shifts, and 'burn the boats' | E1909

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Mission Over Money & The State of Defense Tech with Palantir's Shyam Sankar | E1908

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Sequoia & Union Square Returns, the Post-AI Labor Market, and the Return of SF? | E1907

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Unlocking the Power of Data with VenCap's David Clark | E1906

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Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905

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Google's AI emergency, Apple's lowkey AI moves, amazing Sora demos & more with Sunny Madra | E1904

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Reddit's IPO, Consumer vs. Enterprise AI, and Sam Altman's New Fund and more! | E1903

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Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902

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Jordan Stein from Cresset Partners on VC dynamics, evaluating emerging managers, & more! | E1901

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The future of public safety via rapid drone response with Aerodome's Rahul Sidhu | E1900

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Mark Suster and Samir Kaji on the 2024 Venture Market, IPOS, and Secondaries | E1899

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How LPs identify top emerging fund managers with Slipstream's Alex Edelson | E1898

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Apple's MGIE, Google's Gemini Advanced, Microsoft's Copilot and more! | E1897

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Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on building a legendary VC firm, "Adapt or Die" and "Ikigai" | E1896

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Dry Powder in Venture Capital, VC Ratings, and more with Grady Buchanan and Victor Gutwein | E1895

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AI Demos: AI that interprets human emotion, Hugging Face Assistants, and more! | E1894

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Alexis Ohanian on Reddit's potential IPO & more | E1893

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Beeper's fight to break Apple's stronghold on messaging with Eric Migicovsky | E1892

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Late-stage VC market update + Terra Kaffe's Sahand Dilmaghani | E1891

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Fund of funds: origins, evolution and deep dive with Michael Kim | E1890

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Building a consumer app's MVP and how to fundraise with Zest's Jake Gutstein | E1889

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We celebrate our 100th AI Demo with Sunny Madra! | E1888

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Unicorns: now and then with Aileen Lee | E1887

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Venture Fund Size Growth, the Rise of Unicorns, and more with Elizabeth Yin and Zach Coelius | E1886

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Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu on launching the R1, future of AI hardware, and going viral at CES | E1885